# דלת
## Hebrew
### Pronunciation

* (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /ˈdælæt/, [ˈdælæθ]
* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ˈdɛlɛt/, [ˈdɛːlɛθ]
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /ˈde.let/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *dalt- (“door”), cognate with Akkadian 𒄑𒅅 (daltum), Ugaritic 𐎄𐎍𐎚 (dlt /⁠daltu⁠/), and Aramaic דַּלְתָּא. The /t/, which originally marked it as a feminine, has been reinterpreted as the third root consonant and the noun has taken the form of a segolate.

#### Noun

דֶּלֶת • (délet) f (dual indefinite דלתיים / דְּלָתַיִם, plural indefinite דְּלָתוֹת, singular construct דֶּלֶת־, plural construct דַּלְתוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
* door (portal of entry)
** Tanach, Ezekiel 41:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וּשְׁתַּיִם דְּלָתוֹת לַדְּלָתוֹת שְׁתַּיִם מוּסַבּוֹת דְּלָתוֹת שְׁתַּיִם לְדֶלֶת אֶחָת וּשְׁתֵּי דְלָתוֹת לָאַחֶרֶת׃U-shtáyim dlatót la-dlatót shtáyim musabot dlatót shtáyim l-délet eḥat u-shtéy dlatót la-aḥéret.And the doors had two leaves [apiece], two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other.
** Tanach, Job 38:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵא׃Va-yásekh bi-dlatáyim yam; b-giḥo me-réḥem yetséOr who shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth, and issued out of the womb
** a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Bava Metzi'a 8:7:הַמַּשְׂכִּיר בַּיִת לַחֲבֵרוֹ, הַמַּשְׂכִּיר חַיָּב בַּדֶּלֶת, בַּנֶּגֶר, וּבְמַנְעוּל, וּבְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁמַּעֲשֵׂה אֻמָּן.Ha-maskír báyit la-ḥaveró, ha-maskír ḥayyáv ba-délet, ba-néger, uva-man'úl, uv-khol davár she-ma'asé ummán.One who rents a house to his fellow, the landlord is obligated to provide the door, the bolt, and the lock, and any item which is made by a craftsman.
** a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 84b:רָאָה שֶׁנִּנְעֲלָה דֶּלֶת בִּפְנֵי תִּינוֹק — שׁוֹבְרָהּ וּמוֹצִיאוֹRa'á she-nin'alá délet bifnéi tinóq, shovráh u-motsi-ó.One who sees a door stuck closed in front of a child, breaks it and takes him out.

##### Usage notes

* The dual form דלתיים / דְּלָתַיִם is sometimes used with the meaning double doors.

##### Declension

| Number | Isolated forms | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns |
| Number | State | Form | Person | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Number | State | Form | Person | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| singular | indefinite | דֶּלֶת | first | דַּלְתִּי | דַּלְתִּי | דַּלְתֵּנוּ | דַּלְתֵּנוּ |
| singular | definite | הַדֶּלֶת | second | דַּלְתְּךָ | דַּלְתֵּךְ | דַּלְתְּכֶם | דַּלְתְּכֶן |
| singular | construct | דֶּלֶת־ | third | דַּלְתּוֹ | דַּלְתָּהּ | דַּלְתָּם | דַּלְתָּן |
| dual | indefinite | דלתיים / דְּלָתַיִם | first | דלתיי / דְּלָתַי | דלתיי / דְּלָתַי | דְּלָתֵינוּ | דְּלָתֵינוּ |
| dual | definite | הדלתיים / הַדְּלָתַיִם | second | דְּלָתֶיךָ | דלתייך / דְּלָתַיִךְ | דַּלְתֵיכֶם | דַּלְתֵיכֶן |
| dual | construct | דַּלְתֵי־ | third | דְּלָתָיו | דְּלָתֶיהָ | דַּלְתֵיהֶם | דַּלְתֵיהֶן |
| plural | indefinite | דְּלָתוֹת | first | דלתותיי / דַּלְתוֹתַי | דלתותיי / דַּלְתוֹתַי | דַּלְתוֹתֵינוּ | דַּלְתוֹתֵינוּ |
| plural | definite | הַדְּלָתוֹת | second | דַּלְתוֹתֶיךָ | דלתותייך / דַּלְתוֹתַיִךְ | דַּלְתוֹתֵיכֶם | דַּלְתוֹתֵיכֶן |
| plural | construct | דַּלְתוֹת־ | third | דַּלְתוֹתָיו | דַּלְתוֹתֶיהָ | דַּלְתוֹתָם | דַּלְתוֹתָן |

#### References

* H1817 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Klein, Ernest (1987) “דֶּלֶת”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 126b
* Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 311b
* “דלת” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

דָּלֶת • (dalet) f
* Alternative spelling of דל״ת